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Rocky Mountain National Park |
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Set atop the Continental Divide, Rocky Mountain National Park draws nearly as many visitors as the much larger Yellowstone. It includes the headwaters of the Colorado River and dozens of peaks above 12,000 feet (3,658 meters). Lower-elevation meadows and evergreen forests give way above 11,000 feet (3,353 meters) to a brutal Arcticlike climate where trees cannot survive. Tundra wildflowers do, though, and they cover the rolling landscape. Within the park bighorn sheep, moose, marmots, and muskrats range, while golden eagles and hawks soar overhead.
Photo: Wildflowers, including scarlet Indian paintbrush, flourish in the park. Photograph © Andrew Brown/Corbis.
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